Funding under the 2025-26 Black Spot Program will go towards fixing 284 roads across Australia, including 84 in NSW and 20 in South Australia announced today.

The Albanese Government has increased the annual Black Spot Program funding from $110 million to $150 million, to ensure critical improvements are made to some of the most dangerous sections of our road network.

It is estimated the Black Spot Program reduces the number of crashes causing death and injury by 30 per cent at treated sites.

This is part of the Government’s response to the worsening road toll which includes doubling Roads to Recovery funding from $500 million to $1 billion a year and delivering a nationally harmonised set of high-quality and timely data to inform road safety decision making.

The 84 projects in NSW and 20 projects in South Australia were recommended by the Black Spot Consultative Panel in each state.

Panels are comprised of local stakeholders who are best placed to ensure nominations of the highest priority and importance are recommended for approval. 

A further 180 projects have already been announced in Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland.

Since the Albanese Government was elected in 2022, more than 720 black spots have been approved for life saving road safety treatments, of which 453 have been completed.

Anyone can nominate a Black Spot for consideration, including individuals, community groups and local councils. 

Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories Kristy McBain said on average, 50 per cent of Black Spot funding goes towards addressing dangerous roads in regional Australia.

“In 2024-25 alone, 102 projects in rural, regional and remote Australia shared in $64 million of funding under this program,” Minister McBain said.

“The Black Spot Program delivers improvements that have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing the risk of serious crashes and fatalities on our roads.

“With our increased funding commitment to this long-running program, I again encourage individuals, organisations, and local governments to nominate sites in their local communities for consideration in the next funding round.”

The full list of 2025-26 NSW and South Australian Black Spot projects, as well as further information on the program, including information on how to make a nomination, is available here.